  Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 4612 Registered: 10-2003 |
This can be moved if deemed not Detroit enough an issue for the Discuss Detroit forum, but I think it's pretty relevant: Study ranks Michigan No. 3 in manufacturing Midday update (November 1, 2006) By Derek Wallbank Lansing State Journal Michigan is the third-best state in the nation for manufacturing, according to a study released Wednesday. Each of the top 14 states are "significantly above average for industrial competitiveness" and "best positioned to compete nationally and in the global manufacturing economy," the study said. The report by eMvoy, a Chicago-based industry research group, sampled approximately 100,000 U.S. manufacturers to compile its list. Advertisement "There is so much confusion about the state of American manufacturing. The public perception is that, overall, U.S. manufacturing is weak," eMvoy Chief Executive Officer Craig Landy said. "After looking at 100,000 manufacturers, we found that the state of U.S. manufacturing is not bad - as long as you are in the right state." Read more on this story in Thursday's Lansing State Journal. http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.d ll/article?AID=/20061101/NEWS0 3/611020301 ------------------------------ ------------------- I'll post the whole story when it comes out, tomorrow. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 891 Registered: 01-2005 |
I guess that's a little encouraging. However, I sure get tired of these organizations that come up with state and city rankings. Seems like my native state of Michigan and my adopted state of Nevada are always at the very top or the very bottom of something. | ||
Rustic Member Username: Rustic Post Number: 2889 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ray1936, that's just the Will Rodgers effect of so many Michiganders moving to NV ...  | ||
Dillpicklesoup Member Username: Dillpicklesoup Post Number: 214 Registered: 05-2006 |
Michigan really is the third best manufacturing state?- Considering all of the manufacturing facilities closing their doors and going bankrupt; and Michigan jobs being exported to maquiladoras in Mexico and most retail items being made in China and selling for union scale prices- How do you 'splain that? Let's see how many industries has the USA given away in the last 20 years: steel, tv, soft goods, and now automobiles. I'd say whoever wrote the article has got to be kidding. | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 4615 Registered: 10-2003 |
Why don't you try looking for the company that put out this report, or write the author to find out about the company? This isn't an author's spin, this is a report being put out. | ||
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin Post Number: 3120 Registered: 10-2003 |
How about states and regions that actually manufacture in said state or region and not just maintain an HQ? | ||
Jasoncw Member Username: Jasoncw Post Number: 264 Registered: 07-2005 |
Even though Michigan and Detroit are shrinking, they're still big. I'm not surprised Michigan is #3. | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 4616 Registered: 10-2003 |
You must mean economically, right? | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 593 Registered: 02-2006 |
The question is...who is above Michigan? Alabama? Mississippi? Ohio (shudder)? | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 4617 Registered: 10-2003 |
huh? We're talking the best states for manufacturing. | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 594 Registered: 02-2006 |
It was a joke, based on the location of new manufacturing jobs (specifically automotive). I must need to keep my day job. ;) | ||
Salvadordelmundo Member Username: Salvadordelmundo Post Number: 49 Registered: 04-2006 |
Here is the complete list: http://www.emvoy.com/state/lis t.html Here are their top 14 states "for manufacturing" 1 Ohio 2 Illinois 3 Michigan 4 Pennsylvania 5 Texas 6 Wisconsin 7 Minnesota 8 Indiana 9 New York 10 California 11 North Carolina 12 Connecticut 13 New Jersey 14 Massachusetts Here is a quick summary of their methodology (from: http://www.emvoy.com/news/ ) " Chicago-based eMvoy rated companies by assessing company stability, market penetration, technology and web presence. The research group performs large-scale evaluations of U.S. manufacturers as part of the services it provides to industrial purchasing agents." There seems to be a gap here on the list between "best" and "most profitable" or "most efficient." Unfortunately, Michigan is not the #3 state in terms of manufacturing growth, is it? | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 4620 Registered: 10-2003 |
Of course it isn't. It still shows that that for all of the loss, Michigan isn't the "Mississippi" so many chalk it up to be, and that that the economic picture of Michigan is much more detailed and complicated and detailed than the "doom-and-gloomers" will give it. |
